Bethel Topeka

This morning, the Apostle Paul walks the church in Corinth (and us) into a fight about food. Underneath the question, though, is something far more important. He is teaching the church how to set the table for one another. In this week's message from our Church Recalibrated series through 1 Corinthians, Pastor Evan opens chapter 8 to address one of the most quietly dangerous patterns in any l...

In the final week of our Be the Church series, Pastor Evan opens Matthew 28:18-20 to ask one of the most pressing questions a local church can ask: what does it actually mean for us at Bethel to make disciples of Jesus Christ in Topeka, Kansas, in 2026? In this message, we walk through four movements: The authority behind our mission. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the rise...

Be the Church | Week 3: Love People (Matthew 22:39) What if the heartbeat of every Christian was the simple, desperate prayer Desmond Doss whispered on Hacksaw Ridge: "Lord, just one more" ? In this third installment of our four-week Be the Church series, Pastor Evan opens Matthew 22:39 to confront what may be the easiest command to agree with and the hardest to actually live out: "...

What is the one thing your whole life hinges on? When a lawyer stepped forward in the temple and asked Jesus to name the greatest commandment out of all 613 in the Torah, Jesus didn't hesitate. His answer reorders the axis of the entire universe, and it still presses on us today. In week two of our "Be the Church" series, we walk through Matthew 22:34-40 and examine what it really m...